David Orgel

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Retailers are increasingly hiring in-store chefs as consumers seek more prepared meals, convenience and cooking ideas. That’s a smart move to help differentiate supermarkets, but in many cases store and chef need ...

It’s been as predictable as fall following summer.
Kroger’s long run of financial success in recent years, especially its record string of quarters with positive identical-sales growth, is a phenomenon that ma...

It’s hard to believe there’s still something new to say about health and wellness initiatives for consumers.
After years of program launches in the public and private sectors, it seems everyone — including the...

A year ago I wrote a column called “Supermarkets’ Future at Mercy of Millennials,” in which I outlined how this generation of younger consumers, hit particularly hard by the economy, has been holding off on formin...

It’s well past the year’s halfway mark and the industry is mesmerized by the eye-popping pace of mergers transforming supermarket retailing.
Compared to that, few other topics are generating major buzz, not ev...

The food business has long touted farm to fork, but lately it’s more about the farm than the fork.
Retailers from chains to independents are playing up innovative farm partnerships as the busy summer local pro...

Prepared foods is one of the most complex sections of the supermarket.
And not just for the widely assumed reasons.
True, it’s a monumental challenge to produce and distribute the wide range of items some ...

Here’s a secret about the industry’s new focus on collaboration: It’s not really new.
Sure, there are more high-powered initiatives than ever, especially involving the supply chain. But it’s not like collabora...

The latest version of SN’s Power 50, our annual roster of the most influential industry players, includes a new element called "The Trending Ten."
This is a sub-list of the most talked about people right now...

It’s a fairly rare occurrence for a major retail company to eliminate a loyalty card program.
But that’s just what’s been happening with Albertsons and its corporate sibling retail banners in the past few week...